||U`ti pos`si*de"tis (?). [L., as you possess.]
1. (Internat. Law) The basis or principle of
a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have
acquired by their arms during the war. Brande & C.
2. (Roman Law) A species of interdict
granted to one who was in possession of an immovable thing, in order that
he might be declared the legal possessor. Burrill.